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Sun, Qi – Convergence, 2008
Since the founding of the modern Chinese state in 1949 until the end of the century, China has mobilised and experienced several social/political movements and economic transformations. Entering the twenty-first century, China's repositioning within the global context has brought about its new national policy and blueprint to build a socialist…
Descriptors: Modern History, Adult Education, Ideology, Foreign Countries
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Kamecka, Malgorzata – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2007
The aim of this paper is to comment, first of all, on the principles of the educational model suggested to young noble Poles. It emphasises the importance that was attached to education during the period analysed and describes the most significant changes that were taking place in pedagogical methods. Then, the role of private tutors in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Tutors, Tutoring, Private Education
Bartlett, Steve; Murton, Diana M. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2007
"Introduction to Education Studies" is established as the key text for undergraduate students of education studies as well as for practitioners embarking on a higher degree. The book provides a thorough grounding for students new to the subject without assuming a substantial prior knowledge of the area. It also takes a multidisciplinary approach…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Modern History, Higher Education
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Kader, Themina – Art Education, 2006
There is plenty of literature, including exhibition catalogues, journal articles, and books written for those interested in learning and teaching about African art. Information on individual artists from the countries of Africa is also increasing. These sources attempt to highlight the artists' lives, education, working conditions and what they…
Descriptors: African Culture, Art History, Modern History, Artists
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Calvo, Carmen Benso – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2006
The paper reviews school practice in Spain through the long historic period of the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco between the 1936 Civil War and Franco's death in 1975. For this purpose, an analysis is made of the most relevant documents (school materials, reports, direct testimonies by practising teachers, scientific papers on education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Educational History, Authoritarianism
Kuehner, Trudy – Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2006
On March 11-12, 2006 the FPRI's Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education hosted 44 teachers from 16 states across the country for a weekend of discussion on teaching about India. Sessions included: (1) Why It's Important to Know about India (Ainslie T. Embree); (2) Early Indian History (Richard H. Davis); (3) Modern Indian History (Marc…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Asian History, Modern History, Politics
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Walsh, Patrick – Journal of Education Policy, 2006
Using the system in the UK as a case study, this paper begins by examining the relationship between the rise of the "new managerialism" in the public services and the ideological framework that was provided for this by the convergence of key ideas emerging from the new right and new left. It looks then at the growth of the new…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Administration, Organizational Theories
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Krehbiel, Lee E.; Meabon, Dave L. – American Educational History Journal, 2006
This article focuses on the origins, evolution, and social roles played by food service at colleges and universities. It emphasizes: (1) the gradual assumption of responsibility for housing and meals by universities during the medieval period; (2) the role of food service in the "collegiate way" philosophy so influential in British and…
Descriptors: Food Service, Role, Student Personnel Services, Colleges
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Novoa, Adriana – Social Education, 2007
It can be a challenge to introduce students to a world region with the cultural diversity and rich history of Latin America. In this article, the author suggests four thematic units that enable teachers to identify both general trends and important differences in the region: (1) race/ethnicity; (2) progress and civilization; (3) conflict and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Latin American History, Science Curriculum
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Gillette, Aaron – History Teacher, 2006
The question, "What were the causes of World War I?," has become one of the classic historical debates of which there seem to be endless permutations. In the past 90 years historians, journalists, and politicians have offered many more or less rational explanations for the war. Although at least some of the usual "causes"…
Descriptors: War, World History, Modern History, Historical Interpretation
Crawford, Keith A., Ed.; Foster, Stuart J., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2007
The Second World War stands as the most devastating and destructive global conflict in human history. More than 60 nations representing 1.7 billion people or three quarters of the world's population were consumed by its horror. Not surprisingly, therefore, World War II stands as a landmark episode in history education throughout the world and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, War, Memory
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Vislie, Lise – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2006
The philosophers of the Enlightenment formulated a set of new ideas and visions about access to knowledge and education for all citizens. The main discourse of modernity is linked to liberty, democracy and equality, but modernity is also an ambiguous project, characterized by an ongoing conflict between individual freedom and discipline. Modernity…
Descriptors: Special Education, Freedom, Access to Education, Democracy
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Barry, Clayton – Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 2006
This paper reports on a research study that investigated the extent to which the Queensland secondary school subject Modern History adopts characteristics of socially critical environmental education. The study found that while the Modern History syllabus gives ample opportunities for students to focus their inquiries on "environment",…
Descriptors: Modern History, Environmental Education, History Instruction, Secondary School Curriculum
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Alexander, David – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2006
This article considers the ways in which educators and learning societies in Zambia and Zimbabwe have had to struggle to create independent, democratic and critical curricula in difficult circumstances over the last 50 years in the context of historical shifts in power, a declining British Empire and the re-emergence of reactionary forces at a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Unemployment, Nongovernmental Organizations
Foster, Stuart J., Ed.; Crawford, Keith A., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2006
The pages of this book illustrate that as instruments of socialization and sites of ideological discourse textbooks are powerful artefacts in introducing young people to a specific historical, cultural and socioeconomic order. Crucially, exploring the social construction of school textbooks and the messages they impart provides an important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Textbook Content, Social Systems
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