A ‘Contest’ as a Pedagogical Method in Tourism Higher Education: a Case Study in Teaching Creativity Through Problem-Solving

Author(s): Tomasz Napierała,Katarzyna Leśniewska-Napierała,Kathleen M.C. Tjørve,Even Tjørve / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2020

The main goal of the paper is to discuss whether a contest, as an educational tool, can develop the creativity of participants when the main goal of the students may be to win. A 24HOURS contest was implemented as a case study. Three methods were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the 24HOURS contest: a written questionnaire, individual in-depth interviews, and an online questionnaire. Results proved that the contest was unsatisfactory in increasing students’ creativity, as they were oriented to win, or to acquire knowledge, rather than to cooperate or interact with representatives of other student teams. The investigation confirmed the tutors’ enabling responsibility for both cooperation and creativity during the contest. However, expectations of tutor engagement caused concern and their role should, therefore, have been more clearly defined. Analysis of the case study presented in this paper can provide pedagogues with insight into the design and implementation of contests as educational tools.

About Hidden Influence of Predictor Variables -Suppressor and Mediator Variables

Author(s): Boško Milovanović / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2013

In this paper procedure for researching hidden influence of predictor variables in regression models and depicting suppressor variables and mediator variables is shown. It is also shown that detection of suppressor variables and mediator variables could provide refined information about the research problem. As an example for applying this procedure, relation between Atlantic atmospheric centers and air temperature and precipitation amount in Serbia is chosen.

Academician Petar S. Jovanović – Founder and the First Director of Geographical Institut of the Sasa

Author(s): Mirčeta Vemić / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2013

Academician Petar S. Jovanović (born in 1893) was a founder (31 May 1947) and the first director of the Institute of Geography SAS (up to 15 November 1957), which he led (10 years) until his death. During that period, he organized the scientific research with a larger number of high-quality researchers that he brought to the Institute and achieved very significant scientific results with them. The establishment and successful management of the Institute of Geography of SAS is a remarkable contribution of Jovanović to the creation of conditions for scientific work, that is, faster development of geographical science in the country. This is the most important part of his personal success, since due to premature death - despite the large number of published papers – he did not have time to show all of his intellectual potentials and wealth of experience of scholars. Jovanović based Geographical Institute SAS on the settings of Cvijić’s geographical school, whose traditions with certain extensions have been preserved until today. This suggests that the geography of Serbia has independently been studied 120 years, that is, from the birth of Petar S. Jovanović (in 1893), when Cvijić founded Geographical Institute at the Belgrade University.

Accessibility To Nodes Of Interest: A Practical Application Of The Various Forms Of The Impedance Curves Of Two Border Regions

Author(s): Raffaella Chiocchini,Gioacchino de Candia / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2014

The impedance is in the field of statistics – territorial, the greater or lesser difficulty of an area to be served/provided adequate infrastructure and related services, which are useful to improve the quality of residents. In the opposite direction, to a greater impedance is low attractiveness of the region to the establishment of new productive activities. The purpose of this research is to provide a comprehensive picture as possible of the existing methodologies for the development of the impedance, in relation to some border regions and providing practical applications based on the territories of Trentino Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia. The research highlights the main existing methods for determining accessibility (attractiveness) of land, according to their own infrastructures and related services. The analysis reveals the strengths and weaknesses, as well as the salient features of the equation used, producing a real benchmark between the different approaches, using from time to time as a function of impedance the logistic curve, the exponential and the linear form, in addition to providing the spatial behavior of the attractiveness in relation to regions bordering with foreign.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION GEOGRAPHY IN SERBIA AND WORLD

Author(s): Ivan B. Popović / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2008

Considering that even in the latest two decades old period (1990-2007) an adequate university knowledge on Transportation Geography was not known enough, more in Serbia but less in the surrounding countries, we focused our efforts on its scientific explanation through chronological perception of such scientific discipline from general, special and regional point of view in the areas of Serbia and treated parts of the western Balkans. Through the idea made of a series rarely known treatments of General, Special and Regional Transportation Geography, the demands of set goal were to acertain degree satisfied, so the emptiness was greatly filled up in the cognitive range of such noticeably esteemed university subject from the system of geographic sciences.

Across Haimos: Inconveniences and Dangers in Crossing the Mountains of Bulgaria in the Middle Ages

Author(s): Kirił Marinow / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2018

The location and terrain of the Haimos Mountains (in modern terms, consisting primarily of the massifs of the Stara Planina and the Sredna Gora) were a natural barrier to travellers and troops intending to move from north to south, from south to north, or along the famous via militaris, passing through the eastern half of what is now designated as the Balkan Peninsula. The Stara Planina divides the Danubian Plain from the southern regions of Illyria and Thrace, while the Sredna Gora separates the latter two from each other. In the past, these mountains were difficult to cross because of bad weather conditions, including sudden thunderstorms, thermal inversions and mountain rivers overflowing with spring meltwaters. The thick snow cover, which extended to the lower parts of the massifs in winter, created a lot of difficulties even for locals, who knew the terrain very well, but considerably more so for outsiders, who were practically unable to traverse it at that time of the year. The Byzantines were evidently often discouraged from crossing, partly because the image of these mountains and their inhabitants, particularly among members of Byzantine elites, was formed by readings of classical literature and knowledge of past military losses suffered by the Empire in the region. Stories of brigands ravaging the area also played a part, diffused as they were among soldiers and the ordinary populace by oral tradition or devotional literature, such as saints’ lives. Analysis of geographical facts and historical sources demonstrates that the Haimos was a dominant geographical feature in the region during the Middle Ages. It was a natural dividing line and a reference for the location of individual territories. It is not surprising therefore that Byzantine military troops and travellers heading northwards wanted to avoid crossing that difficult area and risking ambush; instead, they readily used the sea route along the eastern coast of Thrace and Moesia or instigated various nomadic peoples to invade the Bulgarian-populated lands from the north.

Acta Geographica Lodziensia

Frequency: 2 issues / Country: Poland

The journal Acta Geographica Lodziensia has been published since 1948. Its founder and first editor was Professor Jan Dylik. The journal publishes original papers and monographs focusing on broad aspects of physical geography, particularly geomorphology and palaeogeography of Central Poland. The range of interest often goes beyond the regional frames and brings a general contribution to the earth sciences. The journal is intended to be a chronicle of regional scientific events. Research problems presented in the journal refers directly to current global trends in earth sciences.

Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum

Frequency: 4 issues / Country: Poland

„Acta Scientiarum Polonorum” is an interdisciplinary scientific journal, established by Polish agricultural universities. Series „Administratio Locorum” („Land Administration”) has been  incessantly published since 2001. Four volumes with articles written both in Polish and Englishare published annually.

Series „Administratio Locorum” is concerned with the social, economic, geographic, legal, environmental and planning aspects of land administration. The aim of the journal is to provide an interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of ideas and information among scientists representing various disciplines, whose ideas and discoveries  tribute to effective land administration. Thus, journal publishes both reviews and empirical studies presenting the results of surveys and  laboratory works. Topics covered by our Authors include, i.e.: land administration, technical and social infrastructure, spatial economics, social-economic geography, land management, real estate management, rural areas, environmental protection, protection of historical buildings, spatial planning, local and regional development, sustainable development, urban studies, real estate market, transport systems, legal regulations for the land administration, and spatial management.

The primary aim of the journal  and its mission are to spread information and guidance  relevant both for authorities responsible for the effective land administration (local, regional and central), scientists and teachers.

Four issues are published every year.

The journal is published in a printed format (ISSN 1644-0749) and in electronic form (eISSN 2450-0771).

It is an open-access licence journal, offering free access to full texts of all the publications via website.

“Acta Scientiarum Polonorum” series „Administratio Locorum” is indexed in the following databases: AGRO, PolIndex, Baz Hum and Index Copernicus

Publisher:Pursuant to the decision by the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education of 23 December 2015, 9 points are awarded for publishing a scientific paper in the “Acta Scientiarum Polonorum” series “Administratio Locorum”.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Geographica Physica

Frequency: 1 issues / Country: Poland

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Geographica Physica“ is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the University of Lodz since 1997. From 2013, the journal is an annual. The thematic scope of published papers covers various fields of physical geography, landscape ecology, geomorphology,  other environment-related studies,  including research in human-environment interaction, some aspects of quaternary geology, geophysics – mainly atmospheric physics, and GIS applications in environmental studies. The journal publishes scientific papers, presenting the results of original empirical, theoretical, technical or analytical research. Besides, other types of works appear: short scientific reports, conference materials, research resource reviews, as well as memoirs and reports on important events in the world of physical geography and related disciplines.

Adaptive strategy of Rapana venosa (Gastropoda, Muricidae) in the invasive population of the Black Sea

Author(s): Y. V. Slynko,E. E. Slynko,V. I. Rabushko / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2020

We conducted molecular-genetic and morphological studies on the veined rapa whelk Rapana venosa (Valenciennes, 1846) in the Crimean waters of the Black Sea in order to determine possible reasons of the invasive success of this mollusk. Molecular-genetic tests were performed using COI gene; the surveyed samples reliably identified to R. venosa species. We compared the data on initial (from the Far-Eastern seas) and some invasive populations. In the natural conditions of the Yellow, East China Seas, and the Sea of Japan, the genetic diversity of rapa whelk is high (Hd = 0.933, π = 0.002). In all the invasive populations of rapa whelk (Black Sea, European and North American), an extremely low level of haplotypic and nucleotide diversity was determined (Hd = 0.0, π = 0.0). Despite low values of genetic diversity, the invasive populations of rapa whelk are characterized by ecological success. We noted stable growth of populations, tolerance to diseases and parasites, effective reproduction, high fertility. This contradicts the main provisions of the population genetics theory of formation of edge of range populations, because usually only a small number of specimens of rapa whelk were introduced. The explanations of the unique condition of the invasive populations of rapa whelk, both from an ecological perspective (high resistance to fluctuations of hydrologicalfactors and chemical pollution, absence of enemies, high fertility) and genetic perspective (high selective value of separate haplotypes settled in the new water areas) have not been confirmed. We determined that a very important factor for the naturalization of the rapa whelk at low genetic diversity is the intra-species morpho-ecological divergence. In the Crimean water area of the Black Sea, R. venosa was found to have two morpho-ecological forms associated with the peculiarities of the development of the proportions of the shell. Study of successful invasive species would allow timely and adequate reaction to new cases of introduction.

Administracja samorządowa i instytucje kultury w województwie podlaskim. Podstawy regionalnej polityki publicznej

Author(s): Cezary Mielko / Language(s): English,Polish / Issue: 3/2017

The subject of the analysis in the article is the participation of the local government administration in running a cultural institution. The situation in the Podlaskie voivodship 100 Cezary Mielko Studia z Polityki Publicznej has been analyzed on a nationwide basis. The main problems focus on the principles and methods of financing cultural institutions by regional self-government and various ways of obtaining additional, extra-budgetary funding for their activities, especially from Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the European Union. The author points to spatial, social, and financial diversification related to the access to cultural events and participation in them using the example of Podlaskie voivodship. He propounds greater professionalisation related to running cultural institutions at the level of the voivodship as well as conducting pro-development cultural policy by local government units. He also stresses the need for activating local and regional communities in connection with cultural events and participation in organizing them. Participation in culture at the local and regional level and prudent government policy in this area are the foundation for building a strong social and regional identity.

Administrative, spatial and demographic changes in Székelyland since the Treaty of Trianon to the present day

Author(s): Tibor Elekes,Ferenc Szilágyi / Language(s): English / Issue: 01/2020

This study analysed the characteristics of the spatial organisation, spatial structure and population processes of Székelyland after the Treaty of Trianon. The purpose of the administrative reorganisation after World War I was unification. Between 1950 and 1968, transformation took place mirroring the political-ideological view of the time, often at the expense of the territorial units and centres created as a result of centuries of spatial development. The most significant change in the spatial structure during the early 20th century was the industrialisation that occurred between 1950 and 1989. In Székelyland, a contradictory socio-economic process in relation to other regions of Romania, began after 1990. The impact was smaller than that of the processes that had taken place under Communism. The population growth characteristic of the 20th century was replaced by a steady decline after 1990–1992.The natural population decline of the last three decades and the vigorous transformation have resulted in population decline in the millions. The rate of population decline is the strongest among the young and physically active age groups.

Aerodynamiczne tłumienie drgań w obliczeniach stalowych wieź kratowych

Author(s): Marcin Skwarek,Jacek Hulimka / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2014

Structural analysis of lightweight freestanding structures, such as steel lattice towers, mainly consists of determining the along-wind dynamic response of the vibrating structure. These vibrations are damped not only structurally but also by the aerodynamic forces. In the Polish design practice, aerodynamic damping concept was introduced together with the rules of Eurocode standards. With respect to the lattice towers, in many cases, these rules are inaccurate, therefore the paper contains some suggestions of authors.

AESTHETIC PROPERTIES OF GEOLOGICAL HERITAGE LANDSCAPES: EVIDENCE FROM THE LAGONAKI HIGHLAND (WESTERN CAUCASUS, RUSSIA)

Author(s): Dmitry A. Ruban / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2018

Beauty adds value to unique geological features because the former is important for tourist emotional satisfaction. Aesthetic properties of geological heritage landscapes (landscapes dominated by unique geological phenomena) should be distinguished from their aesthetic attractiveness. Field studies permit ranging all basic aesthetic properties according to their local importance. The same information allows realizing appearance of the properties, which can be either positive or negative. The aesthetic properties of a world-class geosite representing ancient carbonate platform and diverse karst features, namely the Lagonaki Highland (western part of the Greater Caucasus Mountains) are examined. It is established that the Lagonaki Highland has physical parameters that determine a specific set of aesthetic properties. Three most important aesthetic properties of the studied object are openness, pattern, and uniqueness. These properties match the expected tourists’ idea of beauty, and, thus, the geological heritage landscape of the Lagonaki Highland is characterized by significant aesthetic attractiveness, which is important for tourism development.

AGING IN TURKEY

Author(s): Zafer Kiliç,Burak Kiliç / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

This study covers the services offered to the elderly, individuals who work in this field, statistical data on aging in Turkey, and similar issues. The data in this study was collected from the literature review and from written sources. In the literature, the concept of age is divided into two: biological and chronological. Although chronological age is the same in all humans, biological age varies according to individuals. Chronological age is the number of years a person has been alive. Biological age is the representation of the biological step as a unit of time. Aging is the state where individuals gradually lose their physical and psychological power. The increasingly elderly population has also caused the academic environment to focus on the field of older people. Moreover, the increasing elderly population has accelerated the process of developing national policies and plans in countries and the process of producing services in line with the developed plans and policies. According to the aging data of the United Nations, there is an increase in the number and proportion of elderly individuals in the world. As a result, in this case, Turkey does not differ, so the elderly population is increasing with each passing day.

AGING POPULATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION CAUSED BY THE IMPACT BIRTH VS DEATH

Author(s): Andreea Gabriela Zota / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

People from the European Union are living longer than before, as a result, population growth is slowing down, while population aging accelerates. Having this as a starting point, the purpose of the article is to investigate birth and death in parallel, in order to obtain a prediction on the number of live births and the crude death rate, for the upcoming decades. The method used was simple linear regression and it revealed a consistently decrease on both health indicators, reaching an almost equal value in 2035. Postponing childbirth until a women reaches the age of 30 and growing, consistent rise in the number of abortions among adolescent girls, diminution of the fertile population versus surging population over 65 years old, are all factors that explain the aging of the European population

Air Temperature Changes In Serbia And The Belgrade Heat Island

Author(s): Boško Milovanović / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2015

Climatic regionalization of Serbia was performed in the paper on the basis of data on air temperature from 23 meteorological stations and using cluster analysis. Applying Mann-Kendall test and Sen's slope estimates, temperature linear trends were investigated within each of the clusters, but also at each station individually. It has been shown that a positive linear trend is present in practically entire territory of Serbia and that it is very strong in Belgrade. Differences in air temperature between Belgrade and the cluster in which it is located were examined on an annual basis.

Aktualizace Management plánu pro Lednicko-valtický areál na léta 2020 – 2024

Author(s): Jan Vybíral / Language(s): Czech / Issue: 1/2021

A Management Plan is a document which should be drawn up for all UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It serves to protect universal outstanding value and it is a strategy for further sustainable development of a particular site. A Management Plan is not a product but a process in which all stakeholders in the given area should actively participate. Its result is the design and implementation of activities intended to regenerate, regularly maintain and reasonable use the listed property. The presented Stage I of the second updated Management Plan 2020–2024 launches wider multi-disciplinary work on management of the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape, World Heritage Site. The management system must ensure effective protection of the outstanding universal value of the site for present and future generations. Stage II of updating the Management Plan will be launched in 2020 as an implementation stage. The Management Plan will be developed into a series of projects and events which will become part of the updated Action Plan for 2020 – 2024.

Aktualność edukacji międzykulturowej w dobie współczesnych migracji

Author(s): Adriana Simoncelli / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 9/2019

Cel badań. Historia planety zawsze charakteryzowała się migracjami i ruchami ludności. Doprowadziło to do ciągłych kontaktów i interakcji między kulturami, ale dzisiaj bardziej niż kiedykolwiek, ludzie są ściśle połączeni związkiem współzależności. Celem artykułu jest ukazanie, jak istotna jest edukacja międzykulturowa oparta na wzajemnym dialogu i poszanowaniu praw człowieka.Metoda. Przedmiotem badań są migracje ludzkie wpisane w historię ludzkości od jej początków. Są więc one zjawiskiem jak najbardziej naturalnym budzącym jednak w czasach obecnych wiele kontrowersji. Stąd też przedstawienie ruchów migracyjnych na przestrzeni wieków, przeanalizowanie różnych możliwych postaw wobec innego w oparciu o literaturę przedmiotu jak i własne doświadczenia empiryczne na gruncie włoskim oraz wskazanie na konieczność wprowadzenia szeroko zakreślonej edukacji międzykulturowej stanowią o interdyscyplinarnym podejściu metodologicznym.Wyniki. Coraz bardziej liczebna obecność imigrantów w europejskich miastach determinuje konieczność codziennej konfrontacji z różnymi językami, religiami i kulturami. W takiej sytuacji jedynie dobrze przeprowadzona edukacja międzykulturowa może przynieść oczekiwane rezultaty stworzenia harmonijnie funkcjonujących społeczności multi-etnicznych, świadomych swego bogactwa kulturowego, a nie nacechowanych wrogością i brakiem zrozumienia.Wnioski. We współczesnych społeczeństwach, tak pełnych napięć i konfliktów, konieczne jest wychowanie w poszanowaniu inności, w dialogu i konfrontacji, aby ludzie zrozumieli, że wzajemne przenikanie się różnych kultur jest nośnikiem nowej wiedzy, nowych wartości i kompetencji, oraz że model naszej kultury nie jest ani jedynym, ani uniwersalnym, ani też jedynym właściwym.

Akty otwarcia. Wynalezienie Ameryki

Author(s): Tomasz Szerszeń / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 4/2020

The essay opening the issue presents the contexture of modernity and coloniality, fundamental for decolonial thought, and associated concepts – “1492” (conceived as the beginning of “our history”), “invention” (and not “discovery”), and epistemic disobedience. The “invention of America” – similarly to successive philosophical, existential, political, and artistic gestures repeating it and performed in Latin America – could be understood as “opening acts” (Actos de apertura). From this vantage point the mythical founding act of America does not belong to history but is continually actualized anew by opening towards a perspective of utopia. In this sense, consecutive Latin American “opening acts” symbolically “establish America” upon each occasion: they comprise a transformation (albeit in an opposite direction) of the voyage of Christopher Columbus. It is also in this meaning, i.e. as epistemic courage, that the “learning from Latin America” formula – which could be the motto of the presented issue – can be comprehended.