Incorporating gamification into training–learning at universities is hampered by a shortage of quality, adapted educational video games. Large companies are leading in the creation of educational video games for their internal training or to enhance their public image and universities can benefit from collaborating. The aim of this research is to evaluate, both objectively and subjectively, the potential of the simulation game BugaMAP (developed by the MAPFRE Foundation) for university teaching about insurance. To this end, we have assessed both the game itself and the experience of using the game as perceived by 142 economics students from various degree plans and courses at the University of Seville during the 2017–2018 academic year. As a methodology, a checklist of gamification components is used for the objective evaluation, and an opinion questionnaire on the game experience is used for the subjective evaluation. Among the results several findings stand out. One is the high satisfaction of the students with the knowledge acquired using fun and social interaction. Another is that the role of the university professors and the company monitors turns out to be very active and necessary during the game-learning sessions. Finally, in addition to the benefits to the university of occasionally available quality games to accelerate student skills training, the company–university collaboration serves as a trial and refinement of innovative tools for game-based learning.
RESUMEN. Este artículo presenta, desde una perspectiva histórica que se remonta al primer tercio de siglo, las contribuciones de la sociología al estudio de las relaciones, socialmente significativas, de los seres humanos con el medio ambiente físico y biológico. La aproximación realza el interés de continuar ofertando formación en este saber a los sociólogos, tanto por el valor de las contribuciones pasadas como por su competencia para el desarrollo del conocimiento futuro. Frente a las pretensiones de marginación el autor destaca: (a) las distintas etapas en que la sociología aborda el medio ambiente, variando la perspectiva según la problemática social del momento y las influencias teóricas renovadas que incorporan los distintos investigadores; (b) la interdisciplinaridad creciente de este campo, originariamente «ecología humana» pero también «sociología del medio ambiente», que valoriza a la sociología por haberlo instituido y constituye un patrimonio en su comunicación con otras ciencias, y (c) la creciente relevancia social del medio ambiente físico y biológico como factor de discernimiento en las decisiones políticas, que requiere una oferta académica que capacite a los sociólogos para contribuir al diseño interdisciplinar de los proyectos técnico-organizativos, de transformación de las condiciones de vida de poblaciones humanas, en entornos físicos específicos.La comunidad científica sociológica incorporó tardíamente a su comprensión científica de la realidad una visión del medio ambiente como factor físico-biológico conformador de estructuras y comportamientos, así como de los impactos de la organización y el cambio social en el medio ambiente natural. Hasta prácticamente los años sesenta, dentro de la corriente sociológica principal, el uso del término medio ambiente se dedicaReis 55/91 pp. 93-110
The construction and building sectors are one of the highest consumers of resources and energy. Literature evidences the potentialities of the design phase towards the improvement of environmental, economic and social performance of buildings. Thus, the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA). approach is recognized as suitable method. It is based on the “triple bottom line” principle, to calculate environmental, economic, social impacts produced by buildings during its life cycle. The present paper aims to present a methodological framework based on an LCSA, used during design stages of buildings and integrated into a building’s design technology such as Building Information Modeling (BIM). A conceptual approach to conduct the data integration and a possible workflow to integrate the LCSA into BIM is proposed. The value of the present approach is the possibility to conduct quantitative environmental, economic and social assessment of buildings to guide designers to measure and predict the building’s performance.
A significant number of migrants return to their home country every year, and these returnees with migration experience join the labour force. This study investigates the effect of migration experience on labour income applying regression analysis to data from the Household Labour Force Surveys of Turkey from 2009 to 2018. The findings confirm that migration experience has a positive impact on labour income in Turkey. Furthermore, the returnees earn more than the overall wage earners with the same education and skill levels. Additional findings show that women in Turkey earn less than men across all wage earners in the average, but that migration experience does not close the earnings gap between female and male returnees. Nevertheless, highly-educated and upskilled returnees contribute more to the economic growth of Turkey; so, the returnees are labour capital gains to improve the home country economy.
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