Vesuvius 2000 : education, security and prosperity = Educazione, sicurezza e prosperita / edited by Flavio Dobran.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dobran, F.

Series:

Developments in volcanology ; 8.

Developments in volcanology ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Volcanological research--Italy--Vesuvius.

Volcanological research.

Vesuvius (Italy)--Study and teaching.

Vesuvius (Italy).

Vesuvius (Italy)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (430 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Elsevier, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

VESUVIUS 2000 is an interdisciplinary project aimed at producing a safe and prosperous habitat for the people living around Vesuvius. To produce this environment requires an effective collaboration between the experts and the public, whereby the danger from the volcano is used to reorganize the territory and thus produce new opportunities for the people surrounding the volcano. As an all inclusive physico-mathematical-computer model of the volcano, the Global Volcanic Simulator is a key tool for determining the effects of different eruption scenarios and thus for urban planning of the territor

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduzione a VESUVIUS 2000; L'incanto Che Attrae; Nuovo Ambiente Per I Vesuviani; Le scelte; La grande sfida; Vesuvius 2000; Colour Plate Section between page xxx and page 1; VESUVIUS 2000 Toward Security and Prosperity Under the Shadow of Vesuvius; Abstract; Riassunto; Hostages of VESUVIUS; The Vesuvius Area; Vesuvius Consciousness; Security Culture Barriers; Habits of Mind, Incommensurability, and Paradigms; Habits of mind; Incommensurability; Paradigms; Risk, Risk Matrix, and Risk Communication; Risk; Risk matrix; Risk communication

Future Habitat for VesuviansThe choices; The grand challenge; VESUVIUS 2000; Overview; Principal objectives; Physical environment; Global volcanic simulator; Definition of volcanic system; Systems integration; Population; Sociology; Vulnerability; Economics; Education; Territory; Urban and environmental systems; Civil protection; Risk-assessment guidelines; Conclusion; Notes; References; Education: Cognitive Tools and Teaching Vesuvius; Abstract; Riassunto; Introduction; Educational Ideas; Socialization; Platonic education; Natural education; Incompatibilities; Kinds of Understandings

The beginningsMythic understanding; Romantic understanding; Philosophic understanding; Ironic understanding; Educational Methods; Old methods; Progressivism; Vygotsky's method; Primary school education; Intermediate school education; Secondary school education; Teaching Vesuvius in Schools; Teaching primary school children; Methodology; Identifying importance of topic; What is emotionally engaging about Vesuvius and how it evokes wonder?; Finding affective ingredients of story; How to shape the content for emotional meaning and engage imagination?; Organizing content into story

How to tell a story with content?Conclusion of story; How to end the story and resolve the problem or conflict?; Evaluation for evidence of understanding; How to evaluate whether the topic has been understood and content learned?; Example 1: Heat; Importance of heat; Affective qualities of heat; Story of fire; Conclusion of story; Evaluation for evidence of understanding; Example 2: Scuola Materna IV Circolo and Scuola Materna L. Bertelli, Portici; Importance and qualities of Vesuvius; Identifying stories; Concluding stories; Evaluation for evidence of understanding

Teaching intermediate school childrenMethodology; A. Identifying transcendent qualities; What transcendent human qualities are central to the topic and what emotion and wonder do they evoke?; Organizing the topic into a narrative; What aspect of the topic embraces the transcendent qualities, how to organize the material into a story, what parts of the story illustrate human emotions, how to add content to the story?; Conclusion of the story; How to end the story and make the students satisfied with the wonder of the topic?; Evaluation for evidence of understanding

How to determine whether the contents of the topic have been learned and stimulated the students' imagination to confront other topics?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-64171-1

9786610641710

0-08-045910-2

OCLC:

476002148