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Oliveira, Alandeom W.; Colak, Huseyin; Akerson, Valarie L. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2009
In this study we examine how elementary teachers in Brazil and Turkey approached the translation and subsequent classroom implementation of an instructional activity that promotes environmental awareness through a combination of student role playing and teacher oral delivery of an environmental story about river pollution. A discourse analysis…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Translation, Student Role, Discourse Analysis
Russell, Roxanne – International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 2010
In this case study, we are able to take a close look at a situation not often encountered in the literature on ICTs in emerging economies: a private company from an emerging economy provided much-needed funding for a US NASA higher learning consortium through a contract for training and research and development in 3D visualization. This study…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Teacher Student Relationship, Visualization, Case Studies
Harlin, Rebecca P. – Childhood Education, 2008
Today's children may be exposed to violence in their environment, through the media, at home, and in school. Some children live in countries at war, while others survive in neighborhoods where street gangs prevail. Most parents and children used to assume they could depend upon schools to be safe places, free from abuse and violence. Now it seems…
Descriptors: Violence, Bullying, Antisocial Behavior, Educational Environment
Jones, Ken – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1989
Discussion of the difference between an educational simulation and other interactive learning events highlights the effects terminology can have on both facilitators and participants. Five common mistakes made in running simulations are identified, and gaming terminology used in Britain and in the United States is discussed. (three references)…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Foreign Countries, Game Theory, Interaction
Cook-Sather, Alison – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2006
Concerned about the dehumanization of teachers and students throughout the history of schooling in the United States, the author critically analyzes two metaphors for education that have perennially shaped educational practices in the United States: education is production and education is a cure. Drawing on a set of commitments that could…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Educational Practices, Educational Philosophy, Educational History

Partecke, Helmut – Unterrichtspraxis, 1973
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Culture Conflict, High Schools, Instructional Program Divisions
Rothbaum, Fred; Nagaoka, Rika; Ponte, Iris C. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2006
Western investigators assume that caregiver sensitivity takes similar forms and has similar outcomes in all cultures. However, cultural research suggests that sensitivity in the West has more to do with responsiveness to children's explicit expression of need, and that sensitivity in non-Western communities has more to do with anticipation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Cues, Preschool Children

Cummings, Richard J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1986
An examination of the different ways in which the honors concept has been adapted from its elitist British university origins and of the assumptions underlying those adaptations reveals both the virtues and the problems inherent in the Americanization of honors. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Education

Fraser, Barry J.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Field tests of the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI) with (n=5,447) high school and college students in six countries furnished evidence that science laboratory classes are dominated by closed-ended activities and that females held generally more favorable perceptions than males. Describes the development and validation of SLEI.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Students, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Acostaromero, Salvador – 1991
This thesis reviews the main elements of university governance in France, the United States, and Mexico. A brief historical overview of higher education in the three countries precedes an individual analysis. The analysis of university governance in France focuses on the 1968 reform of higher education prompted by student protests and the 1983…
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Administration, Comparative Education, Educational Change
Simonson, Michael, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2013
For the thirty-sixth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Anaheim, California. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Discussion Groups, Content Analysis, Games
Altbach, Philip G. – 1980
Universities around the world have changed dramatically in the period since World War II. Although the basic concerns of higher education (teaching, research, and service) have remained unchanged, the reality of expanded numbers and increased responsibility in a number of areas has placed immense pressure on universities. Seven goals essential to…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Role

Gaudiani, Claire L. – Educational Record, 1995
In light of the upcoming March 1995 United Nations World Summit for Social Development, this article discusses the role that the American higher education community has played in the past and can play in the future in promoting social, political, economic, and educational opportunity and equality throughout the world. (MDM)
Descriptors: Apartheid, Change Strategies, Civil Rights, College Role

Shank, Matthew D.; And Others – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 1996
A survey of 686 United States and 338 Australian business students compared student expectations of service provision on campus. Results indicated that Australian students had higher expectations on three dimensions of service quality: professors' willingness to help students develop academic skills; professor sympathy and reassurance; and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, College Administration, College Faculty, College Students
Fullan, Michael – 1982
This book is concerned with educational change affecting elementary and secondary schools in the United States and Canada. A wide range of innovative programs are discussed as examples of the practical meaning of change, including projects involving various curriculum areas, microcomputers, career education, open-concept schools, desegregation,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Adoption (Ideas), Consultants, Educational Attitudes