Improving Water Management Education across the Latin America and Caribbean Region
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Mapping a Potential Water Education Gap through Literature Review
2.2. Establishing Best Practices for Addressing a Potential Water Education Gap
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. What Does a Potential Gap in Water Education Look Like?
3.1.1. Research in Water Management Versus Research in Water Management Education
3.1.2. Word Clouds Comparing the Publication Keywords
3.2. What Are Some Best Practices that Can Help Address a Water Education Gap?
3.2.1. Peer-to-Peer Mentoring Achieved by Exchanging Students
3.2.2. Train Students and Practitioners Jointly in Water Management Techniques
3.2.3. Increasing Access to Water Data and Pedagogic Information across the Region
3.2.4. Lower Administration Roadblocks that Prevent Student Exchange
3.3. On the Need to Utilize Students as Vectors for Effective Knowledge Transfer
4. Concluding Remarks
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal | Germany |
University of Ghent | Belgium |
Stockholm University | Sweden |
University of Cuenca | Ecuador |
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL) | Ecuador |
University of Holguin | Cuba |
University of Camagüey “Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz” | Cuba |
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Lyon, S.W.; Goethals, P.; Schneider, P.; Dominguez-Granda, L.; Hampel, H.; Lam, N.; Nolivos, I.; Reinstorf, F.; Tejeda, R.C.R.; Vázquez, R.F.; et al. Improving Water Management Education across the Latin America and Caribbean Region. Water 2019, 11, 2318. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112318
Lyon SW, Goethals P, Schneider P, Dominguez-Granda L, Hampel H, Lam N, Nolivos I, Reinstorf F, Tejeda RCR, Vázquez RF, et al. Improving Water Management Education across the Latin America and Caribbean Region. Water. 2019; 11(11):2318. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112318
Chicago/Turabian StyleLyon, Steve W., Peter Goethals, Petra Schneider, Luis Dominguez-Granda, Henrietta Hampel, Norris Lam, Indira Nolivos, Frido Reinstorf, Raymundo C. Rodríguez Tejeda, Raúl F. Vázquez, and et al. 2019. "Improving Water Management Education across the Latin America and Caribbean Region" Water 11, no. 11: 2318. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112318