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Download full textSharon Jarvis – Commission for International Adult Education, 2024
To initiate this discourse, I first address key issues highlighted in the "International Council for Adult Education [ICAE] Spotlight Report for CONFINTEAVII" (Ireland & ICAE Executive Committee, 2022) which identifies critical areas for achieving the objectives outlined in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Following this,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Sustainable Development
Direct linkGillard, Spring; VanWynsberghe, Rob – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2021
This research paper is based on a broader exploratory case study of a sustainability tour that the authors undertook. The larger study explored "the concept of learning application through the case of a sustainability tour" (Gillard, 2016, p. 226 ). The tour was part of a certificate program for sustainable community development offered…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Community Development, Environmental Education, Professional Continuing Education
David Porter; Robin Cox; Vivian Forssman – OTESSA Journal, 2023
Capacity building for advancing climate-change leadership has become a critical workforce development requirement for both professionals and front-line workers. As the World Economic Forum Jobs 2020 report noted, there is an increasing need to provide short-timeframe opportunities for reskilling and upskilling that will keep step with the…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Open Educational Resources, Skill Development, Continuing Education
M. Mahruf C. Shohel, Editor; Alex Mortby, Editor – IGI Global, 2024
Scholars and educators worldwide are grappling with the challenge of translating innovative research findings into tangible improvements within their classrooms. The chasm between theory and practice hinders the progress of education and leaves a wealth of untapped potential. The need for a process or approach to bridge these elements is urgent.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Evidence Based Practice, Theory Practice Relationship, Higher Education
Latchem, Colin, Ed. – Commonwealth of Learning, 2017
The Education for All initiative concluded in 2015, but in many countries, and particularly in the developing countries, secondary education is still the preserve of the privileged few. This means that millions of adults and young people are denied the opportunity to complete their basic education, which in turns sees them trapped in a pattern of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Blended Learning, Vocational Education
Huang, Ronghuai, Ed.; Kinshuk, Ed.; Price, Jon K., Ed. – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2014
This book presents the current advances and emerging trends in digital technologies for learning and education through a number of invited chapters on key research areas. It addresses information and communications technology (ICT) in a global context, reporting on emerging trends and issues in four areas -- basic education, technical and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Vocational Education, Distance Education
Avoseh, Mejai B. M., Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
These "Proceedings" derived from the Commission for International Adult Education's (CIAE) 2018 International Pre-Conference. They contain 23 papers from 32 authors. Eight of the lead authors are graduate students -- four are rounding up their Master's degrees while four are on their doctoral programs. The rest are a mix of seasoned and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Role of Education, Innovation, Technology Uses in Education
Lange, Elizabeth; Chubb, Aaron – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
Today recent polls have indicated that the Canadian public considers the environment and climate change as their top concern (De Souza, 2007), perhaps eclipsed only by recent economic fears. In keeping with the historical responsiveness of adult educators, environmental adult education (EAE) is widespread across North America. However, this area…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Environmental Education, Activism, Adult Education
Timmerman, Nora; Metcalfe, Amy Scott – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2009
In response to the growing number of sustainability policies being enacted at higher education institutions, this article examines the relationship between policy and pedagogy, asking how policy texts can both enable and impede the implementation of sustainability pedagogy in higher education. To explore this question, we have undertaken a case…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Dale, Ann; Newman, Lenore – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2006
Online dialogues can meaningfully engage a diverse audience and provide a method to both educate and interest the public in complex environmental and social issues. This article discusses a series of e-dialogues conducted for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Canada in which the public engaged in discussions concerning the risk and…
Descriptors: Wastes, Nuclear Energy, Foreign Countries, Synchronous Communication
Sauve, Lucie; Brunelle, Renee; Berryman, Tom – Policy Futures in Education, 2005
This article presents and discusses some results of the authors' analysis of international and national institutional documents related to environmental education from the 1970s to the present day. The aim of the study is to present a critical characterization of how environmental education is conceptualized and introduced through the ongoing…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Educational Change, Sustainable Development, Educational Policy
Mazzotti, Luciana; Murphy, Barbara; Kent, Jenny – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2007
Society is becoming increasingly aware of the need for education to play a key role in integrating knowledge and understanding about sustainability into practical, vocational skills which can be used in the workplace. Education for sustainability is now a widely accepted concept which seeks to promote and develop sustainability skills and…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Vocational Education, Skill Development, Environmental Education
