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Leal Filho, Walter, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2011
It is widely acknowledged that sustainable development is a long-term goal, which both individuals and institutions (and countries!) need to pursue. This important theme is characterized by an intrinsic complexity, since it encompasses ecological or environmental considerations on the one hand, and economic matters, social influences and political…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Architectural Education, Higher Education, Environmental Education
Fleet, Alma, Ed.; Robertson, Janet, Ed. – 1998
These four early childhood education conference papers discuss ideas and themes to create healthy educational environments inspired by preschool sites in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The first paper, "Environmental Visions: Daisies and the Possible" (Alma Fleet and Janet Robertson), discusses the influences of Reggio Emilia. The paper notes how…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design
Filho, Walter Leal, Ed. – 1997
This book, which was prepared in the context of the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education, consists of a summary of the conference workshop "Environmental Education for Adults," 11 papers reviewing promising trends and developments in environmental learning in selected countries and contexts, and an introduction to the 25th…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Careers, Community Education
Gravelle, Maggie, Ed. – 2000
This book offers a framework designed to help teachers include bilingual learners in their curriculum planning. It considers what is needed for the curriculum to be accessible to all children. The 9 chapters are: (1) "Introduction" (Maggie Gravelle); (2) "'Jamaica's Find': Using a Story Book to Develop Ideas about Writing"…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Childrens Literature, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment
Altbach, Philip G., Ed. – 1981
The status of student political activism in the 1970s and 1980s in such nations as the United States, Britain, India, Japan, Italy, Canada, West Germany, Greece, Zambia and Latin America is examined. The volume consists of 13 chapters written by scholars who all agree that student activism is not now at peak levels of the 1960s, yet student…
Descriptors: Activism, College Environment, College Students, Developing Nations
Barling, Julian, Ed.; Kelloway, E. Kevin, Ed. – 1999
This book contains nine papers devoted to the psychological experience of youth employment and its role in shaping future employment experiences and expectations. "Introduction" (Julian Barling, E. Kevin Kelloway) emphasizes the diversity of young people as a group and the diversity of individual youth's employment experience. "The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Attitude Change