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Newman, Rita – Childhood Education, 1996
Discusses how family vacations provide problem-solving opportunities. Describes 10 resources on traveling with children that include first-hand travel accounts and recommendations for traveling with children; information guides for older children; travel-related sticker books for younger children; tourism department materials; children's travel…
Descriptors: Children, Informal Education, Parent Materials, Recreational Activities
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Mayo, Peter – Comparative Education Review, 2001
Three books, published 1999-2000, map out a vision of education as a vehicle for human emancipation and global transformation. Their approaches to presenting the "big picture" differ, focusing on case studies of learning through local social action; the impact of Che Guevara and Paulo Freire on liberation discourse worldwide; and comprehensive…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Book Reviews, Capitalism, Consciousness Raising
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Castro, Mario – Bilingual Research Journal, 2003
This book chronicles how a group of migrant workers in Cobden, Illinois, developed their own hybrid writing system that used the Spanish alphabet to capture English speech sounds. The event illustrates Freirean ideas about literacy and power and offers lessons for improving English instruction. (TD)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Book Reviews, Empowerment, English (Second Language)
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Denning, J. David – Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 1990
Reported are the results of a study at the Royal British Columbia Museum where an interactive computer program, "Explore the Seashore," was added to an exhibit to test its effects on visitor enjoyment and learning. Details of the presentation and structure of the hypercard media are presented. (CW)
Descriptors: Biology, Computer Uses in Education, Earth Science, Ecology