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Little, Steven G.; Akin-Little, Angeleque – School Psychology International, 2011
Children throughout the world are exposed to traumatic events such as sexual or physical abuse, severe accidents, cancer or other life threatening illness, natural or man-made disasters, war, terrorism, the sudden death of a parent or close friend or relative, among other things. Recently, natural disasters have caused property damage and loss of…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Counseling Techniques, School Psychologists, Global Approach
Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
This compilation offers global examples of innovative and promising literacy and numeracy programmes that link the teaching and learning of literacy to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability. This publication is a timely contribution to the 2030 Agenda for…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Literacy, Numeracy, Lifelong Learning
Trotter, Andrew; Honawar, Vaishali; Tonn, Jessica L. – Education Week, 2005
This article reports on how the earthquake and resulting tsunami that wracked coastlines along the Indian Ocean and killed an estimated 150,000 people or more prompted generosity and classroom lessons in U.S. schools. As schools reopened after the holiday break, students and teachers were talking about the Dec. 26 tremblor that struck western…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geography, Natural Disasters, Social Studies
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Schultz, Katherine; Smulyan, Lisa – Learning Inquiry, 2007
As part of a campus-wide response by the University of Pennsylvania to the large-scale disaster caused by the earthquake and tsunami in South Asia, a team of teacher educators and graduate students worked with teachers, teacher educators, and administrators in Banda Aceh, Indonesia during July of 2005 and 2006. Working in Indonesia highlighted for…
Descriptors: Translation, Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Graduate Students
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Lesnick, Joy; Schultz, Katherine – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2006
On December 26, 2004, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake--the most powerful in more than 40 years--struck deep under the Indian Ocean. It was centered about 100 miles southwest off the coast of Aceh, Indonesia, and triggered massive tsunamis across the coasts of Asia and Africa. In Aceh province, located at the northwest tip of the island of Sumatra in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Natural Disasters, College Faculty, Graduate Students
White, Rebecca Leigh, Ed. – Alabama Department of Education, 2005
"Alabama Education News" is published monthly except for June, July, and December by the Alabama Department of Education. This publication, authorized by Section 16-2-4 of the "Code of Alabama", as recompiled in 1975, is a public service of the Alabama Department of Education designed to inform citizens and educators about…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, School Law, Special Education