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Briggs, Lilly; Trautmann, Nancy M.; Fournier, Christine – Environmental Education Research, 2018
This systematic review extends the boundary of prior reviews in the environmental education (EE) field by analyzing publications focused on Latin America and the Caribbean (LATAM). We examined peer-reviewed literature and dissertations/theses in four languages (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese) published between January 2000 and February…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Outcomes of Education, Informal Education, Educational Research
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Blum, Nicole – International Journal of Educational Development, 2008
Environmental education is commonly claimed to be at the centre of efforts to achieve sustainable development. Since the 1980s, Costa Rica has been one of the acknowledged leaders in efforts to promote environmental learning, and national policy includes a three-fold national development strategy which simultaneously promotes education,…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Guidelines
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Fry, Gerald W. – Comparative Education Review, 1984
Focuses on the positive and negative economic and political effects of study abroad for students in developing nations. Presents an empirical model, comprising 84 developing nations, to assess the long-run impact of study abroad. Presents five qualitative case studies that demonstrate the effects of study abroad on development. (SB)
Descriptors: Cultural Enrichment, Cultural Influences, Demography, Developing Nations
Reimers, Fernando M. – 1990
This document examines changes in Latin American economies and educational systems during the 1980s and the responses of the Latin American democracies. Following a description of changes in Latin American public expenditures in the 1980s and subsequent adjustments in education expenditures, the dynamics of the adjustment in Costa Rica and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Economic Change, Educational Development, Educational Finance