If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to address two issues. First research goal is about analyzing differences in perceived quality in higher education (HE) between a private and a public university centre. Second, the research aims to analyze which are the key dimensions in perceived quality in HE from the students' standpoint. Design/methodology/approach -An analysis based on a modified SERVQUAL instrument was used to respond to the objectives put forward. Then, a mean comparison and covariance structure analysis approach was carried out to test the differences in perceived quality between the students from both centres, as well as the dimensions with higher influence in perceived quality. Findings -The results suggest that tangibility and empathy dimensions are the most influent variables on perceived quality in HE. Furthermore, some relevant significant differences were found between the public and the private centre.Research limitations/implications -The results give an opportunity to HE institutions' managers to develop enhancing quality strategies for their institutions, given that the present study relies on a sample of actual undergraduate university students. Originality/value -The present research provides with a comparative analysis between a private and a public centre, in order to assess which one offers higher educational and teaching quality from the students' viewpoint, as well as an approach to the main variables in HE perceived quality.
According to the recent Spanish legislation, the amount of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) by weight must be reduced by at least 70% by 2020. However, the current behavior of the stakeholders involved in the waste management process make this goal difficult to achieve. In order to boost changes in their strategies, we firstly describe an Environmental Management System (EMS) based on regulation measures and economic incentives which incorporate universities as a key new actor in order to create a 3Rs model (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) in the C&D waste management with costs savings. The target areas are focused mainly on producer responsibility, promotion of low-waste building technologies and creation of green jobs to fulfill three main objectives: valorization of inert wastes, elimination of illegal landfills and stimulation of demand for recycled C&D wastes. To achieve this latter goal, we have also designed a simulation model-using the Systems Dynamic methodology-to assess the potential impact of two policies (incentives and tax penalties) in order to evaluate how the government can influence the behavior of the firms in the recycling system of C&D waste aggregates. This paper finds a broader understanding of the socioeconomic implications of waste management over time and the positive effects of these policies in the recycled aggregates market in order to achieve the goal of 30% C&D waste aggregates in 12 years or less.
Resumen: La inclusión de las personas con discapacidad es una de las prioridades de las sociedades avanzadas, y para conseguirla, la educación constituye un instrumento de primera magnitud. En este trabajo se estudia el apoyo a la inclusión de estudiantes con discapacidad en el entorno universitario. El modelo teórico de referencia es el propuesto por la Teoría del Comportamiento Planeado, que se ha aplicado utilizando los datos obtenidos a través de una encuesta realizada a 621 estudiantes de las titulaciones de Ciencias de la Educación en la Universidad de A Coruña, durante el curso 2010-2011. Los resultados muestran la importancia del género como factor diferenciador, revelando una mayor implicación de las mujeres que de los hombres para favorecer la inclusión de los compañeros universitarios con discapacidad. La relevancia de estos resultados aumenta si se considera la repercusión social que tiene esta mayor implicación del colectivo mayoritario en el ámbito de la educación en su fase más temprana, momento en el que se produce la formación de actitudes. Palabras clave: discapacidad; inclusión; género; actitudes; TPB; educación.Title: Future teachers and their attitude towards inclusion of people with disabilities. A gender perspective. Abstract: The inclusion of people with disabilities is a priority in advanced societies. To get it, education is one of the best tools. In this paper, we have studied the support for the inclusion of students with disabilities in the university environment. Our work is related to the theoretical model proposed by the Theory of Planned Behavior and was performed by using data obtained through a survey conducted at the University of A Coruña (Spain) during the 2010-2011 academic year, to 621 students from all degrees in Education Science. The results show the importance of gender as a differentiating factor, revealing a greater involvement of women compared to men, in the stimulus of the inclusion of their university peers suffering disability. The relevance of these results increases if we consider the social impact of this higher involvement of this group (women), that is majority in the primary education, when the formation of attitudes is developed. Key words: disability; inclusion; gender; attitudes; TPB; education. IntroducciónTratando de conseguir el llamado Estado del Bienestar, las políticas inclusivas han pasado a formar parte de las agendas de los gobiernos, lo que afecta a las políticas de atención a la diversidad, entre otras. El vínculo entre discapacidad y marginalización en la educación es evidente en todos los países, independientemente de su grado de desarrollo. Por ello, la consecución de la educación primaria está comprendida entre los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) (Naciones Unidas, 2010).La sensibilidad social generada hacia la discapacidad, unida a un mayor acceso de los estudiantes a la educación superior en los países más desarrollados, ha favorecido el incremento del número de alumnos con discapacidad que han ingresado en la universidad (Verd...
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