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Education for Sustainable Development: Insights from Canadian and South African Universities
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Saudelli, Mary Gene; Niemczyk, Ewelina K. – Perspectives in Education, 2022
Universities can play a key role in contributing to a sustainable future for our planet and its inhabitants. In times of constant changes, there is a growing urgency to reflect on the vision of universities as well as their respective practices and projects that can promote the creation of sustainable societies. As is evident in scholarly…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Universities, Foreign Countries, Social Problems
Social Transformation Interventions at South African Public Universities
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Abed, Sameera; Ackers, Barry – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the transformation disclosures in the publicly available annual reports of South African public universities and to establish the extent to which universities account to their stakeholders about how they have discharged their transformation obligations. Design/methodology/approach: This…
Descriptors: Social Change, Annual Reports, Disclosure, Organizational Change
Social Justice and Human Rights in Education Policy Discourse: Assessing Nelson Mandela's Legacy
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Gebremedhin, Abrehet; Joshi, Devin – Education as Change, 2016
Twenty years after South Africa's democratisation, Nelson Mandela's passing has prompted scholars to examine his legacy in various domains. Here we take a look at his legacy in education discourse. Tracing Mandela's thoughts and pronouncements on education we find two major emphases: a view of education as a practical means to economic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Civil Rights, Educational Policy
Human Capital Development (HCD) through Open, Distance and E-Learning: Evidence from Corporate Annual Reports (CARs) of Top South African Listed Companies
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Adelowotan, Mo – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2014
This paper discusses the role of open, distance and e-learning in the development of human resources by examining human capital development related disclosures in the corporate annual reports (CARs) of top South African listed companies. The study employed content analysis method to analyse the CARs of these companies with the aid of qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Open Education, Distance Education
Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice. Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume 7
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Comings, John, Ed.; Garner, Barbara, Ed.; Smith, Christine, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bk), 2007
"Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 7" is the newest volume in a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Public Health, Adult Basic Education, Foreign Countries
Report [of the] Expert Meeting on Intercultural Education, Section of Education for Peace and Human Rights (UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, March 20-22, 2006)
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 2006
The Section of Education for Peace and Human Rights of the Division for the Promotion of Quality Education held an expert meeting on Intercultural Education from March 20-22, 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters, bringing together international experts from Australia, Bolivia, Egypt, Finland, Hungary, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa and the…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Educational Quality