European Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

Collective Informational Requirements to Students’ Groups in Vocational Education Training (VET) Institutions

2025-01-15T08:48:47+01:00

This study aims to investigate collective informational requirements to students’ groups in vocational education training (VET) institutions. Specifically, the study seeks to assess the information requirements among students’ groups in VET institutions in rural library settings, determine the challenges encountered by VET students’ groups in meeting the collective information requirements during collective information seeking (CIS) process, determine what should be done to improve the collective information requirements to students’ groups engaged during CIS in VET institutions in rural library settings.

The population of the study comprised of selected VET students in Tanzania’s rural settings. Purposive sampling technique used to select the study participants. This study used a convenience sampling to select VET students for inclusion in focus group discussions (FGD) and interview. The data for the study was collected through the use of observation, interviews and focus FGD. Qualitative data was analysed through thematic analysis. Thematic analysis helped to develop different themes relating to the specific objectives of this study.

The findings revealed that, VET students in rural settings required information on databases related to their areas of specialization (66.7%, n = 12), information from the subject librarians (66.7%, n = 12), and information on the availability of materials for group assignments (27.8%, n = 5). The major challenges were identified as: Low IL skills among VET students’ groups hinders access to collective information requirements, few ICT equipment to VET rural institutions, absence of information on protective gears and working tools to VET courses, absence of informationon reference professional items, absence of policy or framework that guides VET students’ groups during CIS and absence of subjects librarians who were required to assist VET students’ groups during CIS process.

Well-Being and Life-Support on the Moon and Beyond

2024-11-27T12:11:01+01:00

A future prospect is humanity’s evolution in outer space. This paper investigated the change of paradigm from survivability to well-being of crews in social isolation and physical confinement as experimented in three simulated missions with life-support systems. We introduced the concepts by related definitions and we analyzed data by the ethological approach. It is based on a quantitative description of specific social interactions and facial expressions in daily life activities. We discussed the results showing the beneficial effects of multicultural crews and crew’s food production from the mock-up habitat’s greenhouses. That draws a broad space ecosystem including ecological, physiological and psychological life-supports responding to new needs, solutions and techniques to apply on Earth, Moon or Mars.

Factors Influencing Tourist Satisfaction at a Biosphere Reserve: The Case of Ca Mau Cape, Vietnam

2024-11-24T12:00:48+01:00

Motivating sustainable economic development is one of the essential functions of biosphere reserves. Ecotourism and responsible tourism are effective tools that enable biosphere reserves to fulfill this function. Tourist satisfaction acts as a crucial catalyst for tourism at biosphere reserve destinations. This study aims to analyze the factors within the biosphere reserve that influence tourist satisfaction. The results of a multivariate regression analysis based on data from 150 observations indicate that multiple factors simultaneously impact tourist satisfaction. These factors include security and safety, tourism facilities, infrastructure, service pricing, tourism resources, and service staff. Based on the research findings, practical implications are proposed to enhance destination quality and improve tourist satisfaction.

Product Familiarity and PGI Awareness among SOU24 Participants in a Cantuccini Toscani PGI Survey

2024-10-19T07:26:22+02:00

This paper presents the case of the newly established Consortium for the Protection of Cantuccini Toscani PGI’s search for consumer insights on product familiarity and PGI awareness through an innovative type of quick survey. After a comprehensive literature review and an analysis of other surveys carried out by PDO/PGI organizations, an original polling tool (based on five questions only) to be used on the occasion of food tastings and social media campaigns was designed and experimented for the first time on the occasion of The State of the Union (SOU), a summit organized annually by the European University Institute in Florence. Twenty-seven SOU2024 participants, including senior officials from the EU Commission and European policymakers, completed the questionnaire, providing insights into both product familiarity and PGI knowledge. Due to the limited number of respondents, the information related to the former aspect should be regarded as descriptive of the sample. However, given the unique nature of the SOU2024 population, the insights gathered on the latter element hold strategic relevance. They reveal a relatively high level of PGI unawareness and a widespread belief that PGI certifies only the product’s origin, not its quality. The authors suggest the adoption of countermeasures by the European Union, including the launch of a specific information campaign about European quality schemes directed at the
so-called Eurocracy.

Dynamics of Livelihoods and Environmental Crimes in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya

2024-10-14T15:26:51+02:00

This study examined the dynamics of livelihood and environmental crimes in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya. The study establishes that environmental degradation poses a great risk to human livelihood. The study sets the stage by examining the connection between forests and human livelihood, specifically exploring its value and relevance to human lives. Further, the study examines the dynamics of livelihood and forest crimes. Qualitative approaches, such as interviews, narratives, and document analyses, were employed. In the findings and results, the study establishes that there have been notable changes in the dynamics of the livelihoods of the residents of Elgeyo Marakwet, which disoriented their activities such as circumcision, grazing, and farming. On examining the impact of the drastic shift, it is established that the residents morphed into illegal loggers, amongst other forest crimes that have endangered their lives. The paper then proceeds to highlight competing challenges in addressing environmental crimes before recommending solutions on how to resolve challenges in environmental crimes in Kenya.