The mission of the program is important to emphasize, "Develop and transform our renewable biomass resources into cost-competitive, high-performance biofuels, bioproducts, and biopower through targeted research, development, demonstration, and deployment supported through public and private partnership" (US Department of Energy. 2011).
However, they all tend to emphasize developing basic education competencies using local contexts, resources and parents' own skills and capacities.
The transcendent purposes mentioned in the report emphasize developing well-trained scientists and engineers of all degree levels to work in research, innovation, and industry and to "help the nation toward wise choices in an increasingly technology-dependent, globalized society".
The results support our assumptions of positive relations between the two constructs, meaning that teachers who believe in their competences related to use of computers also emphasize developing their students' digital skills in their classroom more.
Whereas previous research mainly focused on the relation between CSE and ICT integration from a frequency-based point of view, recent research suggests to investigate this relation using more qualitative measures of ICT integration such as the degree to which teachers emphasize developing students' digital information and communication skills (TEDDICS).
While more traditional approaches like Ecodesign and Design for Sustainability often emphasize optimizing existing products, processes and businesses; more radical approaches like Product-Service Systems and System Innovation for Sustainability emphasize developing new innovative products and services with higher environmental gains.
Education policies for women should emphasize developing skills, rather than imparting more knowledge.
Operating concerns in my organization emphasize developing an awareness of technology and competitor offerings.
Operating conc erns in my organization emphasize developing a long-term commitment to our stakeholders (i.e. customers, patients, employees, suppliers, the public and the community).
While discussions of binding overhang frequently emphasize developing countries, this result makes it clear that, at least in agriculture, the issue is also of importance in the industrial countries.
Given the different programmatic approaches and the refinement of the BFP model to emphasize developing effective science learning strategies, the current study addresses the question of how the BFP facilitates student learning and which BFP practices are important for effecting change.
