You Can Help Our Earth Live Longer! Everything we do has an impact on the world around us--from the clothes we wear and food we eat to the gardens we grow and the trash we throw away. And to take the best care of the earth--and ourselves--it's important to make smart choices. With The Everything Kids' Environment Book, you'll find out what you can do every day to help protect our planet. You'll also learn why the rainforest is so important to us, how animals go extinct, and what environmentalists can tell us about taking good care of our world. Learn how to "go green" and to: Find new uses for recycled grocery bags. Create your own greenhouse. Make acid rain--safely!--to see how it affect plants. Test organic food against foods grown with chemicals. Make your own compost pile. Re-create deforestation with the soil from timbered trees. Test your sensitivity to noise. Whether you are in the classroom, surfing the Internet, or just hanging out with your friends, you can make a difference. Start today--so our Earth can live another 4.5 billion years!
Physical inactivity is a key determinant of health across the lifespan. A lack of activity increases the risk of heart disease, colon and breast cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, osteoporosis, anxiety and depression and others diseases. Emerging literature has suggested that in terms of mortality, the global population health burden of physical inactivity approaches that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence and substantial disease risk associated with physical inactivity has been described as a pandemic. The prevalence, health impact, and evidence of changeability all have resulted in calls for action to increase physical activity across the lifespan. In response to the need to find ways to make physical activity a health priority for youth, the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Physical Activity and Physical Education in the School Environment was formed. Its purpose was to review the current status of physical activity and physical education in the school environment, including before, during, and after school, and examine the influences of physical activity and physical education on the short and long term physical, cognitive and brain, and psychosocial health and development of children and adolescents. Educating the Student Body makes recommendations about approaches for strengthening and improving programs and policies for physical activity and physical education in the school environment. This report lays out a set of guiding principles to guide its work on these tasks. These included: recognizing the benefits of instilling life-long physical activity habits in children; the value of using systems thinking in improving physical activity and physical education in the school environment; the recognition of current disparities in opportunities and the need to achieve equity in physical activity and physical education; the importance of considering all types of school environments; the need to take into consideration the diversity of students as recommendations are developed. This report will be of interest to local and national policymakers, school officials, teachers, and the education community, researchers, professional organizations, and parents interested in physical activity, physical education, and health for school-aged children and adolescents.
This book on School Environment and the SDGs Beyond 2030 is a continuation of our maiden, second and third publications on School Environment in Nigeria and the Philippines, published in February, 2015; School Environment in Nigeria, Ghana and the Philippines published in March, 2017; and School Environment in Africa and Asia Pacific published in July, 2018. The philosophy being that since there is a shift from globalization to internationalization and to cross-border education, there is the urgent need to revisit some topical issues in our school environment towards the realization of an internationalized, qualitative and cross-border teaching and learning, using the Sustainable Development Goals as a yardstick.
India is regarded as the most second largest tribal dominated country in the world. The tribal people are intrinsic part of the national life which has been instrumental in contributing to the complex amalgam of national culture by their rich cultural heritage. From thousands of years, they survived in a natural environment with simple lifestyle and developed their cultural pattern which is congenial to their consequent physical and social environment. Even the references of such tribal groups are found in the ancient literature of Ramayana and Mahabharata. At present, the tribal population of India falls into three main zones namely, North Eastern Zone, the Central Zone and the Southern Zone.
This publication on School Environment in Nigeria, Ghana, and the Philippines is a continuation of our maiden publication published in 2015. The inclusion of Ghana in this edition is a conviction of the strategic position of the countrys educational system not only as a fast and dynamic developing economy in the African continent, but also one with an enviable educational culture. The articles in this edition are grouped under quality assurance, higher education, management, business, library, information and communications technology, special education, internationalization, and science issues with a view of proffering solutions, suggestions, and recommendations to several questions that may have risen over time in the academia.
In recent years the world is becoming more and more competitive. Students are putting forth a lot of effort to obtain high marks or exhibit high academic performance. the demand for quality education is increasing thus, evidence of mushroom growth of tuition/ coaching classes can be seen in all corners of the country. Today, the student’s brilliance is often measured from his/her report card. Thus schools, as well as coaching environments, are considered very important about the academic grades of students. Do educational researchers rise several questions on academic achievement namely what are the factors improving the performance of students likewise emotional intelligence and school or coaching environment? How far do these factors contribute to academic performance? Several research studies have indicated the importance of emotional intelligence, motivation, and environment as important contributors to academic achievement. The major focus of the book is to integrate the studies on the relationship between emotional intelligence and school environment, parental involvement, and academic achievement in the school context.
This publication of School Environment in Africa and Asia Pacific is a continuation of our maiden and second publications, School Environment in Nigeria and the Philippines, published in February 2015, and School Environment in Nigeria, Ghana, and the Philippines, published in March 2017. The philosophy being that since there is a shift from globalization to internationalization and to cross-border education, there is the urgent need to revisit some topical issues in our school environment toward the realization of an internationalized, qualitative, and cross-border teaching and learning, using information and communication technology. It is therefore, based on this, that the Dakar framework for action (UNESCO, 2000) stipulates the use of ICT as one of the major strategies to attain education-for-all (EFA) goals.
